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Species Onthophilus pluricostatus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Onthophilinae
Genus Onthophilus
Species pluricostatus (Onthophilus pluricostatus)
Explanation of Names
Onthophilus pluricostatus J.E. LeConte 1844
Range
e. NA (QC-MI to FL-LA)(1)(2)
Habitat
carrion, dung, decomposing fleshy fungi(1)
Print References
Pierre-Marc Brousseau, Dominique Gravel. and I. Tanya Handa. 2014. First Record In Canada of Onthophilus pluricostatus Leconte (Coleoptera: Histeridae) and a New Mention for the Rare Species Lordithon niger (Gravenhorst) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 68(2): 343-344. BioOne
Internet References
Species page - GSMNP Project (1)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.